यस्मिन्नव वर्षाणि नवयोजनसहस्रायामान्यष्टभिर्मर्यादा गिरिभिः सुविभक्तानि भवन्ति.
yasmin nava varṣāṇi nava-yojana-sahasrāyāmāny aṣṭabhir maryādā- giribhiḥ suvibhaktāni bhavanti.
Synonyms
yasmin—in that Jambūdvīpa; nava—nine; varṣāṇi—divisions of land; nava-yojana-sahasra—72,000 miles in length; āyāmāni—measuring; aṣṭabhiḥ—by eight; maryādā—indicating the boundaries; giribhiḥ—by mountains; suvibhaktāni—nicely divided from one another; bhavanti—are..
Translation
In Jambūdvīpa there are nine divisions of land, each with a length of 9,000 yojanas [72,000 miles]. There are eight mountains that mark the boundaries of these divisions and separate them nicely.
Purport
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura gives the following quotation from the Vāyu Purāṇa, wherein the locations of the various mountains, beginning with the Himalayas, are described.